YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD

 

The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!  "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."-Gen 3:4-5

What a statement. What a promise. You will be like GOD! Let me see if I understand the Devil's proposal; once the eyes are opened to see and relate to such things as LUST, PRIDE, DECEIT, LYING, HATRED, VIOLENCE, MURDER and VULGARITY, life will suddenly be such a joy and you will be in charge of it all! Is that the deal? This is the inverse of the Golden Rule. Instead of "Do unto others as you would have done to you", Satan is proposing "Do TO Others before they DO IT TO YOU!" (and I assure you...they will)

God created an innocent couple, the First Couple. He commanded that they be the caretakers of the Perfect Garden, the Perfect Paradise. He instructed them to be fruitful and to multiply. They were both naked and neither found any shame because it was the normal innocence of their being. They had sexual relations triggered by instinct. LUST had not yet been invented. It was perfect. All that Satan had to do was create a deceptive doubt. Plant a suggestion that would lead to turning their back to God's command. They opened the door wide to temptation. Not only were they naked of body, they were naked of mind and of spirit. Innocence was gone in an instant. SIN had been ushered into perfection and mankind was doomed to eternal death!

God gave us His only Son, the cherished begotten of Himself. This Son, this God man suffered a horrible earthly death, shedding His perfect blood to atone for the moment of LUST commited by Adam and Eve.

Our Lord has given the believer supernatural tools with which we can protect ourselves from bending to the temptation of the Serpent, and the Lady who rides on his back. We find these tools in Holy Scripture. God's Operations Manual for man and woman kind:

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.  Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,  and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE;  in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.-Eph 6:10-17

We all wear clothes to cover our nakedness, to protect our bodies from the elements. Should we not also wear protection for our very souls? Before stepping out and into this world, be sure you are properly dressed, properly protected. Its in the Book!

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?

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